Alyssa Panitch and Blaine Christainsen were awarded the CTSC Pilot Translation and Clinical Studies Program's Highly Innovative Award entitled: “Disease-Modifying Treatment for Osteoarthritis”. The funding will be used to efficate our hollow nanoparticle system to treat osteoarthritis in vivo.

Alyssa Panitch, Edward Teller Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department and Executive Associate Dean in the College of Engineering, is one of the latest recipients of the Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR) Grant. The STAIR Grant program, managed by Venture Catalyst and funded by the UC Davis Office of Research, provides funding to UC Davis researchers to support translational science and innovative research.